Conservation of cancer genes in the marine invertebrate Mytilus edulis

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3029-3033

  Ciocan, Corina M ^a   Rotchell, Jeanette M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMARKERS; CARCINOGENS; CLONING; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; TOXIC MATERIALS; TUMORS;

BIOINDICATOR SPECIES; CANCER GENES; ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICANTS; MOLECULAR AETIOLOGY;

OCEAN HABITATS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARCINOGEN; PROTEIN P53; RAS PROTEIN; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

BIOINDICATOR; CANCER; CLONAL GROWTH; MARINE POLLUTION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER; CLONING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOTOXICITY; MUSSEL; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTO ONCOGENE; RNA ISOLATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIVALVIA; CARCINOGENS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENES, P53; GENETIC MARKERS; INVERTEBRATES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS P21(RAS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

INVERTEBRATA; MYTILUS EDULIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 18344394253     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0400887     Document Type: Article

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